RichardBVillataMDMS

Aerospace Medicine Specialist

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Office
519 S Elizabeth St
Ste 1
Salt Lake City, UT 84102
Phone+1 402-773-8422

Richard Villata, MD, is a Salt Lake City-based aerospace medicine specialist with a solo practice in clinical aerospace, occupational, and preventive medicine at Previca PLLC. He completed his MD at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School in 1995, followed by a transitional internship at LDS Hospital, and a residency at Wright State University School of Aerospace Medicine. Following this training he served in the USAF as a flight surgeon for 23 years and practiced occupational medicine at Hill AFB. Dr. Villata's expertise also extends into: acceleration-related injuries, perceptual and spatial illusions in aviation accidents, occupational health related to solid waste disposal operations in a war zone, casual factors in EMS helicopter accidents, and physical activity strategies for bone density in low Gz environments.

USAF School of Aerospace MedicineAerospace Medicine Education & Training, 1999 - 1999
Wright State University Aerospace MedicineResidency, Public Health and General Preventive Medicine, 1996 - 1998
LDS HospitalInternship, Aerospace Medicine, 1995 - 1996
Rutgers New Jersey Medical SchoolClass of 1995

Journal Articles

Certification Issues Concerning Substance Abuse
Villata, R.B., Federal Air Surgeon Medical Bulletin, 10/1998

Abstracts/Posters

Occupational Health Considerations for Solid Waste Disposal in War Zones
Villata, R., Aviat Space Environ Med, 81, No 3, 316, 2010
Causal Factors in EMS Helicopter Accidents 1980 – 2000
Stevens, M. and Villata, R.B., Aviat Space Environ Med, 76, No 3, 295, 2005
Physical Activity and Bone Density: Countermeasure Strategies for Low Gz Environments
Villata, R.B. and Hangartner, T.N., Aviat Space Environ Med, 75, No 4, B94, 2004

Lectures

Contributory Role of Perceptual and Spatial Illusions to Aviation Accidents
Aviation Safety Briefing

Other

Villata, R.B. The Effect of +Gz and the Resultant Biomechanical Force on Bone Mineral Density in Males and Females
Villata, R., M.S. Thesis, 2003
Wright State U. Dayton, Ohio

Principal InvestigatorVillata, R., Rosenbluth, J., and Moyer-Mileur, L. Assessment of Bone Quality and Fracture Risk in Physically Active Individuals with SCI. University of Utah Health Sciences Center, Christopher Reeve Foundation.2006 - 2011